Friday, December 25, 2015

This tutorial shows you how to laser engrave and cut a
muffin or cupcake case created from TroLase Thins.

Follow our simple tutorial, which also has the option
to change the size of the graphic or use different material colours. The
finished product can be also used for cupcakes or as a festive decoration
around a candle in a glass.​

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Required material

TroLase Thins Port Wine / Gold (0.5mm thick)

Trotec laser used:

Speedy 300, 80 watts, 2.0 inch lens

Step 1: Design

Create the graphic in a graphics program or import our
template. The parcels are defined as engraving areas by the black fill, snow
crystals and border lines must be defined as cutting lines (width: hairline; R:
255; G: 0 B: 0). Additionally, you can add text at the bottom of the graphic
for a personal touch.

Step 2: Bend graphic

To bend the strip later to a muffin case, bend the
graphics in Adobe Illustrator with the warping tool or in Corel Draw with the
tool 'Envelope' (menu: Effects > Envelope > Simple arc > putty). Hold
Ctrl and then drag the lines to the desired arc.​

Step 3: Settings

We worked on a Speedy 300 (80 Watss power) with the
following parameters:

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